Hossam Eldin > Hossam's Quotes

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“belief is the death of intelligence.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
― Herbert Hoover

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I want to see you.

Know your voice.

Recognize you when you
first come 'round the corner.

Sense your scent when I come
into a room you've just left.

Know the lift of your heel,
the glide of your foot.

Become familiar with the way
you purse your lips
then let them part,
just the slightest bit,
when I lean in to your space
and kiss you.

I want to know the joy
of how you whisper
"more”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”
― Rumi

“Oh, her beauty--the tender maid! Its brilliance gives light like lamps to one travelling in the dark.
She is a pearl hidden in a shell of hair as black as jet,
A pearl for which Thought dives and remains unceasingly in the deeps of that ocean.
He who looks upon her deems her to be a gazelle of the sand-hills, because of her shapely neck and the loveliness of her gestures.”
― Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi

“Make a ritual ablution before each prayer, beginning every action with "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful." First wash your hands, intending to pull them away from the affairs of this world. Then wash your mouth, remember and reciting God's name, purifying it in order to utter His Name. Wash your nose wishing to inhale the perfumes of the Divine. Wash your face feeling shame, and intending to wipe from it arrogance and hypocrisy. Wash your forearms trusting God to make you do what is good. Wet the top of your head feeling humility and wash your ears (in preparation) to hear the address of your Lord. Wash from your feet the dirt of the world so that you don't stain the sands of Paradise. Then thank and praise the Lord, and send prayers of peace and blessing upon our Master, who brought the canons of Islam and taught them to us.

After you leave the place of your ablution without turning your back to it, perform two cycles of prayer out of hope and thankfulness for His making you clean.

Next, stand in the place where you are going to make your prayers as if between the two hands of your Lord. Imagine, without forms and lines, that you are facing the Ka'bah, and that there is no one else on the face of this earth but you. Bring yourself to express your servanthood physically. Choose the verses you are going to recite, understanding their meanings within you. With the verses that start with "Say..." feel that you are talking to your Lord as He wishes you to do: let every word contain praise. Allow time between the sentences, contemplating what our Master, the Messenger of God, gave us, trying to keep it in your heart. Believing that your destiny is written on your forehead, place it humbly on the floor in prostration. When you finish and give salutations to your right and to your left, keep your eyes on yourself and your connection with your Lord, for you are saluting the One under whose power you are and who is within you...”
― Ibn Arabi

“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Le diable et le bon dieu

“Man is what he wills himself to be.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit and Three Other Plays

“كان قد قال آخر بيت من شِعره: "اشتقت شوقا كاد يقتلني"، ولم يكمل الشطر الثاني، لأن الشوق كان قد قتله بالفعل! ـ”
― محمد المنسي قنديل, وقائع عربية

“ Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our mind wanders off. We try to keep stress at bay, but anxiety keeps us awake at night. We try to be good to the people we love, but then we forget them and put ourselves first. And when we want to change our life, we dive into spiritual practice and expect quick results, only to lose focus after the honeymoon has worn off. We return to our state of bewilderment. We're left feeling helpless and discouraged. It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our minds?”
― Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

“People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.”
― Lady Gaga

“هجرت بعض أحبتي طوعًا لأنني
رأيت قلوبهم تهوى فراقي

نعم اشتاق ولكن وضعت
كرامتي فوق اشتياقي

أرغب في وصلهم دوما ولكن
طريق الذل لا تهواه ساقي”
― مجهول

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield,But to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,But for the patience to win my freedom.”
― Rabindranath Tagore

“Don't exist.
Live.
Get out, explore.
Thrive.
Challenge authority. Challenge yourself.
Evolve.
Change forever.
Become who you say you always will. Keep moving. Don't stop. Start the revolution. Become a freedom fighter. Become a superhero. Just because everyone doesn't know your name doesn't mean you dont matter.

Become a chameleon-fit in anywhere. Be a rockstar-stand out everywhere. Do nothing, do everything. Forget everything, remember everyone. Care, don't just pretend to. Listen to everyone. Love everyone and nothing at the same time. Its impossible to be everything,but you can't stop trying to do it all.”
― Brian Krans

“أنا المشهور المغمور.
لا أنا بالثمل..
ولا أنا بالمفيق.
.ولا أنا بالنائم ولا باليقظ..
ولا أنا مع الحبيب ولا أنا بدونه..
ولا أنا بالمحزون ..
ولا أنا بالمسرور.
ولو أنى أستريح للحظة..
فان نفسى لا تستريح بل انى أستريح..
.ان لم اذق طعم الراحة ولو للحظة”
― جلال الدين الرومي

“I am very happy
Because I have conquered myself
And not the world.
I am very happy
Because I have loved the world
And not myself.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“قال الرجل العجوز:

لا تنظر إلى ما يرتسم على الوجوه و لا تستمع إلى ما تقوله الألسن و لا تلتفت إلى الدموع , فكل هذا هو جلد الإنسان ,و الإنسان يغير جلده كل يوم و لكن أبحث عما هو تحت الجلد…

لا .. ليس القلب ما اعني فالقلب هو الآخر يتقلب ولهذا يسمونه قلبا ..
ولا العقل فالعقل يغير وجهة نظره كلما غير الزاوية التي ينظر منها ,
وقد يقبل اليوم ما أنكره بالأمس , ألا يبدل العلماء حتى العلماء نظرياتهم .

لا يا ولدى..إذا أردت أن تفهم أنسانا فانظر إلى فعله لحظة اختيار حر, وحينئذ سوف تفاجأ تماما فقد ..ترى القديس يزنى وقد ترى العاهرة تصلى وقد ترى الطبيب يشرب السم ,
وقد تفاجأ بصديقك يطعنك و بعدوك ينقذك ,وقد ترى الخادم سيدا في أفعاله و السيد أحقر من أحقر خادم في أعماله, و قد ترى ملوكا يرتشون و صعاليك يتصدقون.

انظر إلى الإنسان حينما يرتفع عنه الخوف وينام الحذر وتشبع الشهوة وتسقط الموانع , فتراه على حقيقته يمشى على أربع كحيوان , أو يطير بجناحين كملاك , أو يزحف كثعبان ,أو يلدغ كعقرب ,أو يأكل الطين كدود الأرض .”
― مصطفى محمود, المسيخ الدجال

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn

“الناسُ صنفانِ: مَوتى فِي حيَاتِهِم ** وآخرُون بِبَطنِ الأرضِ أحيَـــاءُ”
― أحمد شوقي

“Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucious

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
― Sigmund Freud

“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
― Maya Angelou